diff --git a/src/qr.jl b/src/qr.jl
index 6c31fde4f..822e8684f 100644
--- a/src/qr.jl
+++ b/src/qr.jl
@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@
-_thin_must_hold(thin) =
-    thin || throw(ArgumentError("For the sake of type stability, `thin = true` must hold."))
+# define our own struct since LinearAlgebra.QR are restricted to Matrix
+struct QR{Q,R}
+    Q::Q
+    R::R
+end
+
+# iteration for destructuring into components
+Base.iterate(S::QR) = (S.Q, Val(:R))
+Base.iterate(S::QR, ::Val{:R}) = (S.R, Val(:done))
+Base.iterate(S::QR, ::Val{:done}) = nothing
 
 """
-    qr(A::StaticMatrix, pivot=Val{false}; thin=true) -> Q, R, [p]
+    qr(A::StaticMatrix, pivot=Val(false)) -> Q, R, [p]
 
 Compute the QR factorization of `A` such that `A = Q*R` or `A[:,p] = Q*R`, see [`qr`](@ref).
-This function does not support `thin=false` keyword option due to type inference instability.
-To use this option call `qr(A, pivot, Val{false})` instead.
 """
-@inline function qr(A::StaticMatrix, pivot::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}} = Val(false); thin::Bool=true)
-    _thin_must_hold(thin)
-    return _qr(Size(A), A, pivot, Val(true))
+@inline function qr(A::StaticMatrix, pivot::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}} = Val(false))
+    Q, R = _qr(Size(A), A, pivot)
+    return QR(Q, R)
 end
 
-
-@inline qr(A::StaticMatrix, pivot::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}}, thin::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}}) = _qr(Size(A), A, pivot, thin)
-
-
 _qreltype(::Type{T}) where T = typeof(zero(T)/sqrt(abs2(one(T))))
 
 
-@generated function _qr(::Size{sA}, A::StaticMatrix{<:Any, <:Any, TA}, pivot::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}} = Val(false), thin::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}} = Val(true)) where {sA, TA}
-
-    isthin = thin == Val(true)
+@generated function _qr(::Size{sA}, A::StaticMatrix{<:Any, <:Any, TA}, pivot::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}} = Val(false)) where {sA, TA}
 
-    SizeQ = Size( sA[1], isthin ? diagsize(Size(A)) : sA[1] )
+    SizeQ = Size( sA[1], diagsize(Size(A)) )
     SizeR = Size( diagsize(Size(A)), sA[2] )
 
     if pivot == Val(true)
         return quote
             @_inline_meta
-            Q0, R0, p0 = qr(Matrix(A), pivot, thin=$isthin)
+            QRp = qr(Matrix(A), pivot)
+            Q0, R0, p0 = QRp.Q, QRp.R, QRp.p
             T = _qreltype(TA)
             return similar_type(A, T, $(SizeQ))(Q0),
                    similar_type(A, T, $(SizeR))(R0),
@@ -40,14 +41,13 @@ _qreltype(::Type{T}) where T = typeof(zero(T)/sqrt(abs2(one(T))))
         if (sA[1]*sA[1] + sA[1]*sA[2])÷2 * diagsize(Size(A)) < 17*17*17
             return quote
                 @_inline_meta
-                return qr_unrolled(Size(A), A, pivot, thin)
+                return qr_unrolled(Size(A), A, pivot)
             end
         else
             return quote
                 @_inline_meta
                 Q0R0 = qr(Matrix(A), pivot)
-                Q0 = Q0R0.Q
-                R0 = Q0R0.R
+                Q0, R0 = Matrix(Q0R0.Q), Q0R0.R
                 T = _qreltype(TA)
                 return similar_type(A, T, $(SizeQ))(Q0),
                        similar_type(A, T, $(SizeR))(R0)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ end
 # in the case of `thin=false` Q is full, but R is still reduced, see [`qr`](@ref).
 #
 # For original source code see below.
-@generated function qr_unrolled(::Size{sA}, A::StaticMatrix{<:Any, <:Any, TA}, pivot::Val{false}, thin::Union{Val{false}, Val{true}} = Val(true)) where {sA, TA}
+@generated function qr_unrolled(::Size{sA}, A::StaticMatrix{<:Any, <:Any, TA}, pivot::Val{false}) where {sA, TA}
     m, n = sA[1], sA[2]
 
     Q = [Symbol("Q_$(i)_$(j)") for i = 1:m, j = 1:m]
@@ -124,11 +124,7 @@ end
     end
 
     # truncate Q and R sizes in LAPACK consilient way
-    if thin == Val(true)
-        mQ, nQ = m, min(m, n)
-    else
-        mQ, nQ = m, m
-    end
+    mQ, nQ = m, min(m, n)
     mR, nR = min(m, n), n
 
     return quote
diff --git a/test/qr.jl b/test/qr.jl
index c68db8d02..896b6047b 100644
--- a/test/qr.jl
+++ b/test/qr.jl
@@ -13,39 +13,20 @@ srand(42)
 
         T = eltype(arr)
 
-        # thin=true case
         QR = @inferred qr(arr)
-        @test QR isa Tuple
-        @test length(QR) == 2
-        Q, R = QR
+        @test QR isa StaticArrays.QR
+        Q, R = QR # destructing via iteration
         @test Q isa StaticMatrix
         @test R isa StaticMatrix
         @test eltype(Q) == eltype(R) == typeof((one(T)*zero(T) + zero(T))/norm([one(T)]))
 
-        Q_ref,R_ref = qr(Matrix(arr))
-        @test abs.(Q) ≈ abs.(Q_ref) # QR is unique up to diag(Q) signs
+        Q_ref, R_ref = qr(Matrix(arr))
+        @test abs.(Q) ≈ abs.(Matrix(Q_ref)) # QR is unique up to diag(Q) signs
         @test abs.(R) ≈ abs.(R_ref)
         @test Q*R ≈ arr
         @test Q'*Q ≈ one(Q'*Q)
         @test istriu(R)
 
-        # fat (thin=false) case
-        QR = @inferred qr(arr, Val(false), Val(false))
-        @test QR isa Tuple
-        @test length(QR) == 2
-        Q, R = QR
-        @test Q isa StaticMatrix
-        @test R isa StaticMatrix
-        @test eltype(Q) == eltype(R) == typeof((one(T)*zero(T) + zero(T))/norm([one(T)]))
-
-        Q_ref,R_ref = qr(Matrix(arr))
-        @test abs.(Q) ≈ abs.(Q_ref) # QR is unique up to diag(Q) signs
-        @test abs.(R) ≈ abs.(R_ref)
-        R0 = vcat(R, @SMatrix(zeros(size(arr)[1]-size(R)[1], size(R)[2])) )
-        @test Q*R0 ≈ arr
-        @test Q'*Q ≈ one(Q'*Q)
-        @test istriu(R)
-
         # # pivot=true cases are not released yet
         # pivot = Val(true)
         # QRp = @inferred qr(arr, pivot)
@@ -62,8 +43,6 @@ srand(42)
         # @test p == p_ref
     end
 
-    @test_throws ArgumentError qr(@SMatrix randn(1,2); thin=false)
-
     for eltya in (Float32, Float64, BigFloat, Int),
             rel in (real, complex),
                 sz in [(3,3), (3,4), (4,3)]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index ffa81c014..4cdb06a42 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ include("expm.jl")
 include("sqrtm.jl")
 include("lyap.jl")
 include("lu.jl")
-# srand(42); include("qr.jl") # hmm ...
+srand(42); include("qr.jl")
 srand(42); include("chol.jl") # hermitian_type(::Type{Any}) for block algorithm
 include("deque.jl")
 include("io.jl")